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Grow it Green: Growing tomatoes

This week on Grow it Green, learn about the different types of tomatoes and how to grow them,

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Updated: 12:46 PM EDT Jul 9, 2013

Grow it Green: Growing tomatoes

This week on Grow it Green, learn about the different types of tomatoes and how to grow them,

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WEBVTT AND WILL SET UP DRIER AIR AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND AS WELL. WELCOME TO TODAY'S GROSGRAIN. WE ARE AT THE HOME OF THE MASTER GARDENER. THIS IS A BUSY MASTER GARDENER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOMATOES AND WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE -- THERE ARE TWO MAJOR TYPES OF TOMATOES. IT GETS TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE AND PRETTY MUCH BLAMES AND GETS ITS FRUIT AT THE SAME TIME. CANNING TOMATOES ARE DETERMINING, SO YOU CAN PICK TWO OR THREE BUSHELS AT ONE TIME AND GET YOUR PRESERVING DONE IN ONE WEEK. THEN THERE ARE TOMATOES LIKE BRANDYWINE OR BIG BEEF TOMATOES. THOSE ARE CALLED IN DETERMINANTS AND THEY WILL KEEP GROWING UNTIL THEY GET A HARD FROST. UNLESS THEY ARE IN MY GARDEN. YOU WANT TO USE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE BEHIND YOU. YOU CAN USE ANY ONE OF THE STAKING SYSTEMS AND TRAIN IT TO ONE MAIN STEM. BECAUSE THEY ARE A SMALLER TOMATO, YOU DON'T NEED A HUGE CAGE. AND YOU BUY LETTUCE AT THE GROCERY STORE, IT COMES WITH THESE VELCRO STRIPS. WHAT ABOUT TRIMMING THEM, IN TERMS OF GETTING RID OF SUCKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YOU GET THESE FIVE BRANCHES AND YOU WANT TO PRESENT -- YOU WANT TO GET THEM OUT. YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN AND GET RID OF THE TOMATOES. THESE ARE LOOKING A LITTLE BIT STRESSED. THE ONE THING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IS ALL THE TOMATOES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP AND DISCARDED SO THE PLANTS WOULD HAVE TIME TO GROW. THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY YELLOW AND NOT LOOKING VERY HEALTHY. THEY ARE NUTRIENT STARVED. HE FOR YOU PUT THIS ON YOUR INDETERMINATE TOMATO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO FERTILIZE. THIS IS A CONVENTIONAL WOODWORK. IT HAS A LITTLE WATER-SOLUBLE MITOGEN IN IT AND I'VE SCOOP UP A TRENCH, JUST SPRINKLE IT IN . YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THE PLANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN THE ROOTS. COVER IT BACK UP AND YOU CAN READ MULCH IT AND PUT YOUR

Grow it Green: Growing tomatoes

This week on Grow it Green, learn about the different types of tomatoes and how to grow them,